scholarly journals Comparative Study of "Wolf Warriors II" and "Braveheart" from the Perspective of "Hero Tour"

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenbo Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
American Writer ◽  
Heroic Journey ◽  
Chinese And English

 The article takes the famous American writer and mythology scholar Joseph Campbell's "Heroic Journey" theory as a clue to make a comparative study of "Braveheart" and "Wolf Warriors II” and analyze the cultural differences on heroic shaping between the Chinese and English.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Cultural Connotations of Animal Images in English and Chinese Nursery Rhymes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. p14
Author(s):  
Yanhong Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Animal Images ◽  
Cultural Connotations ◽  
Chinese And English ◽  
English Culture

As an important part of children’s literature, nursery rhymes are the earliest literary styles that children are exposed to after they are born. They can reflect objective things, living customs and national culture. Through the comparison of animal images in Chinese and English classic nursery rhymes, this paper concludes that there are cultural differences in animal images in nursery rhymes. Some animal images have similar cultural connotations in Chinese culture and English culture, while some animal images have different cultural connotations.

Cultural Differences and McDonalds: A Multi-country Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Inhyuck Ha ◽  
Kyuho Lee ◽  
Mahmood Khan ◽  
Abu Elnasr Sobaih
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cultural Differences

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Transference of Humor in Translations of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rezvan Barzegar Hossieni ◽  
Mohsen Mobaraki ◽  
Maryam Rabani Nia
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn ◽  
Huckleberry Finn

Translation is a difficult and complex task. Some elements such as linguistic and socio-cultural differences in two languages make it difficult to choose an appropriate equivalent; the equivalent which has the same effect in the target language. In the present study, one of the richest sources of the humor and satire is investigated. Humor is completely obvious in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. He tried to laugh at social and cultural problems of his time by this novel. Two translations of this book by Hushang Pirnazar and Najaf Daryabandari are investigated. The author tries to investigate on transference of humor from the source language to the target language by a syntactic strategy of Chesterman. By investigating the text, it will be found out that which translator is more successful in recreation of humor by using the strategies. 

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